Inside this Issue

Interview with Director

Induction Programme

Hindi Pakhwara

Convocation 2016

Central Instrument Facility

Office of Dean,

Resources & Alumni

BHU Centenery Global Meet

In Talks : Deputy Librarian

Office of Dean, R&D

Faculty Achievements

Invited Talks

GIAN Courses

IMPRINT, MoUs, and

Patents filed

Sponsored Projects

Appointments & Retirements

Publications

Students Achievements

Students Parliament

Student Council Activities

Spardha'16

Volume 2, Issue 1

The Institute Newsletter

Feb 2017

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The inaugural edition of the Odd Semester of 2016-17. Articles we did in preparing it. Feedback and newsletter IIT BHU Connect was a are more interactive in nature this suggestions are most welcome. The comprehensive issue covering the time. Many of them come with short t e a m c a n b e r e a ch e d a t vibrant elements that make up an interviews, and we hope this will editor.newsletter@iitbhu.ac.in and Institute like ours. It was a perfect provide the readers an insight into studenteditor.newsletter@iitbhu.ac.instarting point for this biyearly the vision and objectives of the The editorial team would like to thank publication. IIT BHU Connect is a initiatives under consideration. the Deans and their Offices for medium for sharing the efforts and Needless to say, a publication their cooperation and valuable successes of the Institute community. encompassing so many aspects of suggestions.In this second edition, we have made the Institute requires cooperation The team also thanks the efforts to cover, in greater depth, from many quarters. We are grateful We activities in the various domains of for having received full support from are also grateful to the team of The the Institute. Along with the regular the faculty, student and staff Chronicle, the Newsletter of IBGAA.sections, special emphasis has been fraternities. We hope you will enjoy laid on events and activities in the reading the Newsletter as much as

Film and Media Council of the Institute.

Editor's Desk

Editorial Team :

Chief Editor : Dr. Indrajit Sinha, Department of Chemistry

Student Editor : Prasanjan Mitra

Team : Bhavya Pruthi, Yenegu Dhanushmanth, Adit Aggrawal, Snehanshu Harsh, Sourabh Kumar, Shekhar Shivhare, Abhishek Singh, Piyush Dhakar, Shravani Eleswarapu, Anandita Gill, Abhimanyu Soni, K. Sriram

Design and layout : Rajasvi Vinayak Sharma, Sanjeet Giri, Param Doshi, Khush Chopra

The Induction Programme for the freshers

was a huge success. It has been the subject

of extensive media coverage and there is

talk of replication of the programme in

other IITs and Central Universities as well.

What was the idea behind the initiative

and how well would you say have we

achieved the objective?

A lot of infrastructural developments like

installation of solar panels across the

Institute, and an extension of the library

premises are under progress in the There are many student-driven social

Institute. What is the progress in this initiatives being taken in the institute,

regard and what are the plans for the near both within and beyond the ambit of the

future?Gymkhana - like blood donation drives,

cloth collection drives for the poor. A new

Social Service council is also being

established under the Gymkhana. What

are your thoughts on such voluntary

student initiatives?

accomplish our goals and through those, Mathematical Sciences, work is currently we evolve, become better and contribute underway. But lack of space is still an to the society. It consists of both issue for some of the departments, and ourselves, as well as the society, with the the need for provisions is evident. There family in between. To initiate this thought is an acute shortage of faculty and staff was an important goal of the induction quarters. Due to some obstacles, the programme. work has been stopped but we are

hopeful that it will resume as soon as I am very happy with the overall The success of a programme is judged by possible. Next in the line is, as you are all feedback. The students are pleased with its internal parameters. The fact that aware, the installation of solar panels the concern shown towards them. They external appreciation comes is just a which use renewable solar energy. It is enjoyed learning the art forms, be it confirmation or verification of our worthwhile to note that the installation is singing, painting or dance. They felt the conclusion. Internally, I felt that when done on the rooftops. So, it does not take discussions held during the Human new students arrive at the institute, they up ground space and the installation can Values courses were useful as well as immediately start going to classes and be done easily, ensuring safety of the enjoyable. The entrants were also listening to lectures. We wanted to equipments. Their capacity is 1.5 MW delighted to get the opportunity to go change this, and started thinking of ways which probably makes it the largest around the city. We organised lectures to make the new entrants more installation amongst all the IITs. Based on abou t Va ranas i , wh ich d rew comfortable first. The students enter a the available roof area of our institute, appreciation from the students. Some, new atmosphere after years of hard we can add one more MW and thereby however, were a bit apprehensive about work, and there should be some space augment the capacity to 2.5 MW.the Physical education course, probably for them to reflect on their own selves.

because many of them did not have the Secondly, they should understand the

habit of playing and exercising. We will culture of the institution, the working

take suitable corrective measures in the atmosphere, and what to expect out of

future. But as a whole, the overall their studies, as there is a drastic change

impression was good.when one moves from school to college.

We also wanted to promote the spirit of bonding with each other, and with faculty and senior students. We were of the idea that this is an appropriate time for the vision of the students to be enlarged with aspects such as how

things are in the larger section of the It is true that we lack in infrastructure, and society, and also getting them to think so we are continuously working on it. The beyond themselves; beyond “What I will library has been expanded. Extra space do?” or “What will I get?”, and to think has been created for an administrative about the society as we all are a part of block and it is almost ready. There is a it. It is necessary to develop a broader

requirement for new hostels. The It is excellent. As I have been mentioning, vision of the society, and as I said in the construction of a new girls hostel is about development of ourselves, our qualities, beginning, think about themselves and to start. If funds are allotted, a boys hostel and connecting them with the society for what they wish to do. Thus these two would be constructed next year. In case the greater good is what gives us a aspects of ‘’What I want to do in my of departments, various departments holistic happiness. If I develop my life?” and “What the society expects me have undergone expansion recently and qualities and use them for myself by to do?” ultimately connect. The in some departments like Computer being primarily engaged with myself convergence of these two elements is, Science and Engineering, and and my family and not contributing to the what according to me, success is. We

In Talks : Hon'ble DirectorIn Talks with the Hon'ble Director, Prof. Rajeev Sangal on some contemporary matters

pertinent to the Institute.

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society, then such a life is incomplete. besides being a good engineer, a good the institute has been done. If better Many people, later in life, say that they scientist or a good researcher, we also performance is put up, external funds do not find purpose in life. When we should be a good son, a good spouse, a can be obtained. On the innovation connect wi th the society and good parent and ultimately a good front, Project Varanasi has been started environment, our picture becomes human being with regards to the society. and the Design and Innovation Hub has

complete. That is what makes our living been set up, through which a large part This larger vision requires that we have more worthwhile, happy and holistic. of the student fraternity gets benefited. humanities and social sciences in our The council of social service is one way Further, this builds an environment of curriculum. Unfortunately, humanities is to emphasise the social component, excellence. By doing whatever we do, seen as something which is very soft, where we do voluntary service for the well and trying to improve what we have something to be learnt and forgotten. But society. That engagement is necessary done before, we attain excellence.any knowledge, until it is of some use, is

as it teaches us many things. We learn not valuable. If people interpret and become more satisfied. humanities in such a fashion, then the

question to ask while they are learning is, “How is this applicable to me?”, “How is it applicable to the society?”, “How does

it affect my role?”, “If I understand things One of the shortcomings we noticed in which are outside, how do I play my the NIRF data we provided last time, was role?”. Humanities becomes a success that it was incomplete. So, we have put when we view it this way and take extra effort in that direction. This time, we something out of it. Let us consider an have done a more complete job of analogy. Suppose there is a period of coordination between the departments heavy rainfall. If we are not prepared, all to get information. The other part is the the water would drain into the sea. On overall process of improvement such as the other hand, if we are well prepared, greater innovation, better teaching and the water would fill all the ponds and higher research output. We do not work lakes and there would be no floods and for impoving a single aspect, but the

droughts. Similarly when we get to rankings do help us identify the lacunae If we ask ourselves what we expect from

experience something new like in the system, thereby enabling us to a graduate student of an IIT, our first

humanities, either it can flow away like correct them. answer would definitely be that they

water, resulting in us only passing the should be good at their subject, whether

exam, or, if we are well equipped to it is engineering, science or technology.

gauge its usefulness, it can get absorbed But that alone is not sufficient. We must inside us just like rain water, and serve us have a larger vision of life. We need to

our entire lives. understand about where we live, our

society, politics, economy and social relations for two reasons. One is, as an

engineer, when we do something in Faculty recruitment is one of our major society, we need to understand how challenges. In fact, getting the best things are. Whether we are an quality faculty to apply in our

entrepreneur involved in designing a departments is one of the most important Yes, that has been a prioritised area. We new product, or an employee of a tasks ahead of us. In some departments, have been setting funds aside for company involved in constructing a we get applications of exceptional modernisation of all the departments. bridge or bringing out a new product, quality whereas in some others, it is not We have been providing substantial we need to work keeping in mind the quite the same. The dilemma then arises funds of about Rs. 20-25 crores every society. The second reason is that, in the whether or not to fill a position when we year just for basic equipment larger perspective, we ourselves are can get a better faculty member on modernisation, not counting anything human beings. Besides being engineers, board, i.e. whether to accept some else. The Central Instrument Facility is we are people. We want people to be applicant who is only marginally one such example where we have spent successful both professionally and in fulfilling the required profile. Also, it nearly 30 crores rupees. Then, invitations their lives, because profession is but a requires a concerted effort to project for the proposals of research from within part of life; it is not everything. So

We had talked about the NIRF rankings by

the MHRD when we met last time. Can you

tell us about the significant steps taken in

the meantime to improve our performance

in that regard?

Moving to academics, the institute has

recently witnessed major changes in the

c u r r i c u l u m , e s p e c i a l l y f o r t h e

undergraduates, with greater emphasis

on courses related to humanities and

creative practices. What was the objective

behind this structural change?

There have been reports of acute faculty

s ho r t age i n t he i ns t i t u t e . M a ny

newspapers have reported faculty deficit

in all the IITs and especially in IIT BHU,

which is reported to be a staggering 53%.

What are the challenges in this aspect and Are there any special incentives being what are the various actions being taken given for the development in the field of to overcome this deficit?academics in the institute like research so

that more students enrol in programs at

va r io u s h ig he r le ve ls l i ke p o s t -

graduation?

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ourselves globally by putting forward our However, ultimately, only two companies achievements and progress. It also submitted their bids. This took place in involves contacting potential faculty early November, and we got stuck. If the

members by vigorous efforts through process had materialised, our new We were not dependent on them mail etc. This groundwork needs to be intranet facility would have been in place financially. The moment we got done and unfortunately, we have not by now. It takes two months to complete separated, the allocation of funds had worked to our potential in this area. the work. But as only two companies been clearly separated. We were Sometimes we have to track people over came forward, we had to cancel the dependent on them for many of our a period of more than one or two years, tender and reissue it. The five companies normal procedures, like maintenance of and look out for candidates completing had visited the campus more than once grades of both the institutes by BHU. We their PhDs and Postdoctorates, and go and made their presentations and got had shifted to a new system of grading through their research papers. Then we their queries explained. So the outcome and many new ordinances were put into need to contact them and persuade them was very unexpected and unfortunate. force and that made it difficult for BHU to to apply for the position of faculty in our Earlier we had put some checks and follow two different patterns. That was institute. In this regard,I must accept that conditions on the experience and one of the first things which we shifted. of we are lagging behind, and it needs to capabilites on prospective vendors, course, once the finance had got be solved. which we are now trying to relax, in separated, BHU was still been providing

order to attract more bids. Therefore, it is assistance in certain areas but all those going to take some more time and I departments have now been shifted to myself feel frustrated with this fall the IIT. Excluding a couple of things like through, especially as a lot of effort had old pensions, the official responsibilities

been invested in this area. Moreover, the have completely been shifted.It is an effective but slow process. Two students and the individual departments

and half years ago I had gone for a The key areas where we continued to co-are the worst victims of this poor facility.

conference abroad and I took another 8- exist and depend on each other were Although we did not have sufficient

10 days during which I went to almost services such as cleaning, maintenance funds, we had pressurised the MHRD

10-12 places and gave talks at many of of hostels and staff quarters. We paid for and obtained it, but to our dismay, the

those places and the word sort of spread those, but they provided us with the bottleneck became the number of

around. But this needs to be done services. We have taken up some of the tenders. The vendors themselves do not

meticulously on a regular basis to get services, such as maintenance of hostels, manufacture the products but buy them

things flying. This is because when we into our hands. In the case of horticulture, from the market. So, I do not know if there

give talks anywhere; the people who are cleaning of roads, sewage system, water were any rivalry or politics at that level,

completing their PhDs or Postdocs take supply and electricity, the entire campus but otherwise, there has been no issue of

one or two years to apply. We did is being treated as a whole and they are prompt payment or prompt construction

receive such applications, but the providing us with the services. With on our side. No such concern was raised

process also takes time and the work is regards to security, there is a single by them.

still going on. proctorial board for the entire campus with the IIT having its boundaries clearly demarcated. Sometimes when new

issues arise, they are handled amicably.Each department has a departmental

faculty committee. Their primary function is to recruit faculty at various levels. Every time we had met, I had been sensitising them to adopt modern means of searching on the net and going to

various places and looking for potential We had a committee which designed a faculty members. Some of them are very modern network system for the doing well, but many have not seriously institute. Thereafter, we had to follow a started acting on this issue. t w o - s t e p p r o c e d u r e f o r i t s

implementation, the first step being the expression of interest during which five companies came forward and visited the campus and expressed their willingness to put forth the bid, which is the next step.

on them. So, how is the situation at present

with regards to relations with the

university ?

Reportedly, some institutes send

representatives to places to scout for

faculty members. Is there any such

initiative from our institute?

Are we taking any such actions now to

attract applicants?

A major problem being faced especially by

the student fraternity is the institute

internet facility. What are the setbacks in

this aspect and the measures being taken

to generate an effective solution?

Initially after conversion into an IIT, there

w e r e c e r t a i n c o m p l i c a t i o n s i n

administrative activities such as security,

allocation of funds, infrastructure and so

on with BHU because of our dependence

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A three-week Induction Program (IP) was conducted by IIT (BHU) Varanasi for the newly admitted undergraduate students from July 27-August 20, 2016. Such a program was being implemented for an intake of around 1000 students for the first time in the country. The students, burdened and stressed out after a hectic high school life, were exposed to month-long credit courses like Physical Education, Human Values and Creative Practices, as well as several non-credit informal activities every afternoon, in an attempt to bring them to terms with real-life skills and humanistic understanding. The program proved to be an eye-opener for many, with the feedback bringing out many aspects that are worthy of consideration for the growth of IITs in particular, and any academic institution of higher learning in general.

INDUCTION PROGRAM : A Novel Experiment

Campus Cleaning during Induction program

Assembly before Physical Education classes

A survey by the Media Club of the Institute found some really positive reviews by the freshers. 82% of the respondents

believed they had a lot of fun in the process, while a staggering 95% said the programme helped them gel better with their

batchmates. Three-fifths of first yearites found the Creative Practices and Humanity courses in resonance with their interests,

and a good 70% saw the distinguished lectures as enlightening. More than three-fourth of responses reported that the new

junta feels more concerned about the environment now, and that's a big thumbs up to the Green Club and the Institute. “I

really like this institute after having spent a few days here. I liked my Human Value classes as I got to ponder on the things I

learnt and had the experience of working and discussing in a group. I felt better after sharing my thoughts. Secondly, before

coming to IIT BHU, I had never thought that I would enjoy going to an IIT. I had thought that there would be nothing to do but

study. But when I go to a Creative Practice class, I feel happier,” a review read.

Some of the observations of the students during the feedback session are given below for assessing the impact of the IP.

I did not know that the morning breeze could be so beautiful, although I was initially a reluctant walker to the Gymkhana grounds so early in the morning.The program focused well on the varied culture and amazing tradition of the city.The last but the most surprising part were the night sessions with our student mentors. The way seniors interacted with us and helped enlighten us about the various activities taking place in the campus, was commendable and we developed a very nice rapport with them.

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3-Week Inducationat a Glance

Credit Based Courses(Complete all

requirements in 3-weeks)

Non-Credit activities

Creative Practice(9:00 hrs-13:00 hrs)

Basic English(for needy students)

(in the late afternoon)

Physical Education(6:00 hrs-7:30 hrs)

Human Values(9:00 hrs-13:00 hrs)

Week-1Afternoon SessionDirector's Address andinteraction with parents,

know your InstituteDepartment,

Discipline, CampusEvening Session

Lecture or informal interaction

Week-2Afternoon Session

Knowing your city, keepingyour surrounding clean

and greenEvening Session

Feedback by studentsabout their stay, lecture or

informal interaction

Week-3Afternoon SessionDeveloping worldview,

2 days feedback sessionand group report

Evening Sessionlecture or informal

interaction

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The 5th Convocation of the Institute was

held on Monday 17th October, 2016 at

Swatantrata Bhawan, BHU to confer the

degrees on the students who passed out in

the year 2016.

There were 730 B. Tech., 216 IDD/IMD,

265 M. Tech. and 64 PhD degree

recipients this year. For the graduates, the

prize distribution was conducted by the

Hon'ble Director, Prof. Rajeev Sangal and

Dean of Academic Affairs, Prof. G. V. S.

Sastry, who distributed the degrees as well the respected Chief Guests for as blessed the outgoing batch with c o m m e n d a b l e a c a d e m i c tremendous success for years to come.excellence and standing first in The distinguished guests at the convocation their concerned departments. were Dr. Abhay Bang, Indian social Apart from awards from the activist, a researcher working in the field of institution, there were 36 special community health in Gadchiroli district of prizes,named after alumni and Maharashtra, India; and Prof. Ashok professors, which were awarded Jhunjhunwala, Professor at IIT Madras.to the students.There were 42 Gold Medalists, who were

awarded the IIT (BHU) Varanasi Medal by

CONVOCATION 2016

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Central Instrument Facility (CIF) is one applications like 3-D printing. Except one or two instruments, all of the newly formed Specialized Core Nowadays, 3-D printing is getting a lot others have been acquired with Facilities at the Institute. “Our mission is of attraction, and it will be useful for company collaboration, that is, the to provide futuris t ic research students of Electronics, Electrical, company involved deputes the person infrastructure and quality education Mechanical, Physics, Material Science, who operates the device. Also, the services in support of advanced instru- Metallurgy, etc. Secondly, we will companies take a lot of interest through mentation.” The CIF offers an array of introduce a Nanoindenter which will be the deputed person. Time to time, sophisticated instruments and technical useful for studying mechanical companies come here and organise expertise to support faculty/student properties of nanomaterials. It will be seminars and conferences. They give research and industrial R&D. The coupled with one of the SEMs lectures and provide student training Facility is headed by Prof. Rajiv (Scanning Electron Microscope).workshop so that students get more Prakash, assisted by ful l - t ime Thirdly, we are planning to acquire a familiar with the operation and professional staff / scientists, each with unique characterization facility that functions of the instruments. In addition their own specific expertise. PG student was discovered in India, Raman to this, they provide us information assistants are also available for smooth Spectroscopy. Unfortunately, we don't about additional devices, which when operation of the instruments. The facility have this facility right now, but we will used in association with the existing is currently being used extensively by make it available soon. So, these are instruments, will enhance the capability UG and PG students for research three main features that we are trying to and productivity of the facility. For activities. bring in here.

instance, recently, they came here with the Raman Spectroscopy device to give

M PMS ( M a g n e t i c s P ro p e r t y its demo and also analysed of around A lot of modern-age instruments are Measurement System) is a unique 50 samples of our students on it.available here at present. In the near service at CIFC and is not available

future, we are trying to introduce anywhere else on the campus. inst ruments for some speci fic

On industry collaboration

Future plans regarding expansion of the Highlight of the facilityfacilities at the CIF

Central Instrument Facility (CIF)In , Professor In-Charge, CIFTalks : Prof. Rajiv Prakash

Magnetic Property Measurement

System (MPMS3)-SQUID VSM

Model & Company

S c a n n i n g E l e c t r o n M i c r o s c o p y Model & Company(SEM/HRSEM)

superconducting electromagnet of electrons rather than light. It serves as a very small size but capable of powerful tool for the investigation of producing high magnetic field at low surface structures of materials. power supply. It creates a 7T high Scanning electron microscopy is used magnetic field and can measure both for inspecting topographies of types of magnetization (AC/DC). specimens at very high magnifications.There are two scan modes - VSM (Vibrating Sample Magnetometer) and DC (Single motion control). It measures magnetic properties at very MPMS3 is a brilliant instrument to

low temperature of 2 K as well as high measure magnetic properties of

temperatures of 1000K.materials with high accuracy. It employs a SQUID (Super Conducting

MPMS3 Quantum DesignQuantum Interface Device) detector

based technology which can measure very small magnetic fields, just as is

Zeiss EVO 18 observed in a human heart and brain A Scanning Electron Microscopy FEI- Nova Nano SEM(~10-14 Tesla). It possesses a (SEM) is a microscope that uses

CIF Instrument

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High Resolution Transmission Electron PCB Prototype

Microscopy (HRTEM)

Model & Company

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)

Model & company

Model & Company

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

Model & Company

X-Ray Diffractometer (BenchTop /HR-Model & Company XRD)

Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)

CNC Lathe and Mill

Model & Company

they can constructively interfere, Printed Circuit Board (PCB) machines producing a diffracted beam.

HRTEM gives us informaion about the are used for designing many circuits on crystal structutre and surface a PCB board as per our requirement. BenchTop-Dtex (Ultra) and HR-XRD-

Smartlab- Rigakumorphology of materials. HRTEM, we For both single and double-sided PCB,

can analyse or view the interplanner we can conduct both layers, top and spacing of crystal lattice. It gives bottom, by LPKF Proconduct method. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance images of lattice point in structure of PCB is widely used in electronic spectroscopy is used to study the materials. HRTEM has a range of 5 nm devices. structure of molecules, the interaction particle size. of various molecules, the kinetics or

LPKF ProtoMat S 103 dynamics of molecules and the HRTEM –FEI, Tecnai composition of mixtures of biological

or synthetic solutions or composites. The advantage of NMR is its unique AFM is a scanning probe microscope ability to allow both non-destructive used to obtain images of material and quantitative study of molecules in surfaces. Through this instrument, solution and in solid state. surface images are obtained through

atomic force between an atom or a cluster of atoms of material, and an NMR 500 MHz- Brukeratom of the scanning tip (at the tip, one or two atoms are present).

NT-MDT-NTEGRA PRIMA

It is used to measure the velocity of fluid flow with particle image velocimetry

(PIV). Particle Image Velocimetry lets us make non-intrusive full-field fluid flow velocity measurements. Because of this,

Vector Analysis is a very powerful CNC Lathe is designed to perform technique for performing flow velocity

turning, threading, grooving, step measurements in air or water or for turning etc with very good precision. measuring spray droplet / particle

X-Ray Diffraction is a tool used to study CNC Mill is designed to perform velocity.the crystal structure of a material or facing, circular and rectangular pocket confirm a single phase of a sample. It and studs, deep hole, slot and drilling means XRD is the “finger print” of the etc. with high accuracy.material because it identifies which family of crystal structure, the structure CNC Lathe 260 Turn (EMCO) and of compound belongs to. When X-rays CNC Milling 260 Mill (EMCO)are scattered from a crystalline solid,

Date Topic Companyth7 December, 2016 Pulse laser Deposition Techniques

XRF Techniques Bruker, India

27 - 28 Sept, 2016 BIRAC-IIT (BHU) workshop on bio-entrepreneurship, grant-writing & intellectual property management

BIRAC - Wellcome Trust and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, India

th19 Sept, 2015 General measurement techniques, operations and precautions related with Evercool MPMS-3"

Quantum Design - India

th 17 July, 2015 “Advances in Separation and Detection Technologies” Agilent Technologies India Pvt. Ltdth18 June, 2016 Tabletop SEM Jeol India

th8 April, 2015 Workshop on Electrochemistry applications Metrohm India Limited

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Scope of the Office

Current status of alumni involvement in

the activities of the Institute

Structure of our Alumni associations

Objectives and vision behind setting up

the Student Alumni Interaction Cell

(SAIC):

can become chapters under it. corpus fund of $1 billion by 2019 from The Office of Dean of Resources and Similarly we are asking the IBAA to our alumni for our Institute, with an Alumni exists primarily as a channel to redesignate itself as a national alumni administrative team to decide its facilitate communication with the association, with the idea of including expenditure. There is a proposal from alumni, and we work closely with the regional associations like Western the DST to open up a Research different administrative departments in India and the Pune association as Technology Park in our Institute with an the Institute for implementation of the chapters under the IBAA. We even investment of around Rs. 150 crore, of same. For example, the alumni have an alumni association in which around Rs. 7 crore is to be scholarships are handled by the Office Varanasi, which covers the city and generated by the Institute. In our last of Dean of Academic Affairs. The some of its surroundings. To enable Alumni Meet, Mr. Vish Narayan, proposed Research Park, for which better coordination between the cells, President of IBGAA, announced the alumni help has been pledged, is the executive committee of each Association's pledge to raise $1 being coordinated by the Office of Alumni Association will have a few million for the purpose. The idea is to Dean of Research and Development representatives in every other involve them not just financially, but in (DoRD). Additionally, some work is association. its working as well. A modern step

indirectly managed by us. For taken by Institutes, including IITs, example, when the Malviya Chair for involves opening up of branches Railway Technology was set up, the abroad. Setting up our liaison offices Alumni involvement in the several corpus of Rs. 5 crore was given and is in business centres and major cities aspects of governance of the institute, present with our office, but is abroad will enable us to collaborate in within the framework of the governing administered by the Office of DoRD. In R&D, provide opportunities to our principles and rules, is a long term matters of Student Affairs, we have students for projects and credit-transfer objective that we have. In the medium requested the Dean of Student Affairs programmes. The alumni associations term, we require the involvement of the to come up with list of stalwarts in can help immensely in this matter. Alumni in celebrating Centenary of different cultural fields that our Institute Expertise of alumni is also being Engineering Education in India, from has produced, so that they can be sought in our projects related to the centenary of BHU (2015-16) upto involved in various activities of our academia and society. Sandeep Sen the centenary of IIT (2019-20). The Institute. and other alumni members recently IBGAA celebrated the BHU Centenary

organised workshops to mentor Meet in California in Sept. Five students in DIH, and there are plans of Alumni activities till 2012 were centenary projects have been floated, their involvement in stages of project conducted by the University. The for which Alumni involvement is being guidance and evaluation process. Institute as such did not have any sought – a world class modern library Overall, there is an immense need of separate cell. But our passouts had by the name of Shatabdi Granthagar, galvanising of alumni activities. been maintaining cells. There is one in which will house an ICT centre as well, Hopefully, future Deans of this office the USA, the IIT BHU Global Alumni and whose preliminary artistic view is will continue to work more on how to Asssociation (IBGAA), which is open already in place. A cultural complex include them in academic and for membership across the globe.There around the SB by the name of administrative processes.is one at Delhi, the IIT BHU Alumni Shatabdi Sanskritik Sankul, to house

Association (IBAA). Other specific the different cultural genres, is also

regions also have their own coming up and the Gymkhana is

representative associations. To involved in its development. A The students are the most important organise them, we are asking the Shatabdi Gosthi Sankul, a seminar stakeholders in our Institute, and it is IBGAA to assume a truly global role, hall centre, will come up around the very fitting that they are now taking whereby other country-specific alumni Guest House. A Shatabdi Kosh, or part in administration through the associations, like the one in the UK, Centenary Fund, will serve to raise a

Office of the Dean, Resources and AlumniProf. A. K. Tripathi, Dean, Resources and Alumni, talks about the role of Alumni in the Institute.

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Students' Parliament. Similarly, with intention to formalize these activities, opportunity to develop the Institute

regards to our alumni activities, we the SAIC was formed. The cell works roadmap for the next 100 years. The

arrived at an understanding that there closely with the Office of DoRA, and Hon'ble Director has come up with

should be a front office at the Institute the DoRA himself is involved as some ideas for the long term, as to how

level, to understand what students Chairman of the Cell. The members to develop ourselves into a pioneer in

expect from the alumni, and to have been providing extensive help to various aspects. The issue of alumni

facilitate contact with them. The idea is visiting alumni on campus. To further involvement and contributions in this

that, the Students' Parliament will their role in alumni activities, they have regard will be discussed extensively at

discuss the nature of alumni been taking part in IBAA meetings. the Meet, so that when they go back,

re la t ion sh ips , work ou t t he The organisational work of the Alumni they can deliberate on the issue and

expectations of the student community, Meet to be held in February will when we meet on the occasion of the

and through the cell, will be indirectly majorly be taken up by SAIC, along Centenary, we can discuss it in depth.

interacting with the alumni. The SAIC with some faculty members. So this is For this edition, we have made

consists of a 7-member core the body that will be working out provisions to encourage alumni to

committee, along with a 40-member requests of students, talking to alumni, come with their immediate family

extended committee across different performing the liaison work,and will members, so that they can enjoy and

departments and years, and their possibly exercise control over alumni appreciate their alma mater with their

objective is to find initiatives of interest work in the Institute. loved ones. Furthermore, we will try to

to students, including internships, have Centenary Meets in different

scholarships, interaction with the important places where we have a

alumni to bring companies on board significant alumni presence, both This Alumni Meet is an important one for placements etc. Informally, these within and beyond our country.in the sense that this is a pre-centenary continue happening. But with the Alumni Meet. This will give us an

On the Alumni Meet to be held in the

Institute in February 2017

SAIC acts as a collaborative and benefits of having such a network. The scheme is the endowment scheme for

symbiotic linkage between IIT (BHU) newly established cell aims to act as a Research Projects, both at the Institute

Varanasi and its Alumni. The connecting link between the two and level and for foreign internships.

organization functions with a vision to create a bridge between the student It has almost been a year since the cell

develop a dynamic student-alumni fraternity and the alumni. An effort of started functioning in a full-fledged

community committed to establishing such a kind was one of the most sought manner. We have got positive

connections and strengthening ties after demand of both alumni and the responses from both the alumni and

between students and alumni, students and this cell is expected to student fraternity. Our Facebook page

facilitating IIT (BHU) Varanasi's pave a new path for both parties to is functioning well with wide reach of

mission of providing top quality tread the road of mutual benefits. In our posts. Many alumni have

education and opportunities for this regard, a Student Mentorship registered for the Mentorship

investing in its future. Program has been initiated for existing Programme, and the number is

The Alumni of prestigious institutions students to get guidance and growing. We have a bimonthly

like other IITs have always played a key counselling from eminent alumni who newsletter 'Smaran' The Alumni Meet

role in many avenues for the benefit of have excelled in their particular fields. is going to take place from 27th

their alma-mater. Our institute also Besides, the cell would also facilitate February to 1st March this year. So,

boasts of a very strong alumni network Infrastructure development, Hostel things are expanding, and many new

but it was functional only outside. The development and Scholarship schemes are on their way.

connecting thread was missing which Programmes through funds garnered

kept us from realizing the complete from the Alumni. Another visionary

Student Alumni Interaction Cell (From the Core Team)

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Exactly a century ago, in Feb 1916,

Banaras Hindu University (BHU) was

established and 2016 marks 100

years of BHU's contribution to

education in India. Celebrating this

centenary event, the IIT-BHU Global

Alumni Association (IBGAA) hosted a

Global Meet at the Santa Clara

Convention Center, CA on Saturday,

17th of September 2016. The theme

for the Meet was CIRF - “Celebrate,

Inform, Recognize accomplishments

and have Fun”.

Alumni, family and distinguished

guests from across the globe (Civil Engineering 1979, M. Tech.

converged on the venue and the event Dr. Anil Chakravarthy Corporate1982) was the Chief Guest of the

was a grand success, with a record (CSE 1989)occasion. Invited special guests turnout of 350+ attendees. With Prof. Devesh Kapur Education

included Prof. G. C. Tripathi, Vice-alumni from as far back as the class of (Chemical 1983)

Chancellor BHU; Prof. A. K. Tripathi, Mr. Sanjay Sethi Entrepreneurship1945 and all the way to the class of

Dean of Resource and Alumni, IIT (Mechanical 1993)2015 – it was a fitting celebration of (BHU); Prof. Satish Tripathi, President, Mr. Darshan Goswami Governmentthe heritage of BHU and the 100 years SUNY Buffalo; Prof. Virinder Moudgil, (Electrical 1967)of BHU's contribution to the progress of

Dr. Sarvajna Dwivedi R&DPresident, Lawrence Technological India and the world. (B Pharm 1984)University; Prof Leah Ronald –

Dr. Salil Prabhakar Social ServiceA packed agenda included, among Historian, South Asia, University of (CSE 1996)other things, an entrepreneurship Texas at Austin; Mr. Venkatesan

panel, career development workshop, Ashok, Consul General, SFO; and Mr. discussion on progress made by IIT R. K. Verma, Secretary, Railways, (BHU) and felicitation of distinguished Government of India.

alumni. Successful alumni from the San With inspiring musical performances

Francisco Bay Area as well as from by alumni and their family members,

across the globe joined hands to share and attendees dancing late into the

their experiences with their fellow night, a spirit of festivity and nostalgia

alumni. Addressing the gathering, prevailed throughout. Alumni admitted

Vice Chancellor of BHU Prof. G. C. they could not wait for the next global

Tripathi, urged the alumni to come (Dr. G. C. Tripathi VC BHU, Dr. meet planned for 2018.

forward with ideas on how BHU and Virender Moudgil - President, IIT BHU can continue to make big The following alumni were presented

Lawrence Technological University, strides while preserving the rich with 2016 Distinguished Alumnus

Hon. Manoj Sinha, Minister of State heritage of the institution. Awards as part of the Centennial

I n d e p e n d e n t C h a r g e f o r

Meet. The awards were presented by The Meet included keynote address by Communication, and Minister of State

Prof. A.K. Tripathi, Dean of Resource noted alumni and panel discussions on Railways, Government of India; Dr.

and Alumni on behalf of Director of our relevant topics. Hon. Manoj Sinha, Satish Tripathi - President, SUNY

Institute, Prof. Rajeev Sangal.Minister of State, Independent Charge Buffalo, Dr. A.K. Tripathi, Dean for Communication, and Minister of IITBHU, Mr. Venkatesan Ashok, Consul State, Railways, Government of India, General SFO )

Name Award Category

Lamp Lighting Ceremony

BHU Centenary Global Meet : Silicon Valley September 2016

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Briefly tell us about the existing collection

and facilities available at the Main Library.

What are the steps being taken towards

modernization and digitization?

What has been the contribution of the Alumni in this regard?

How has been the overall progress of the

Library over the years since our transition to

an IIT?

Going forward, what is the vision for the library in the short and long terms?

The library has a rich collection of books on engineering, science and technology. It also has an excellent collection of bound volumes comprising old (since 1918) and new periodicals, codes and standards. Since the conversion of the institute to an IIT, we have also been trying to enrich the implement the RFID and smart card collection of humanities titles in the library. technology for library transactions and

Due to some recurring issues like network Currently, the library has more than other library services soon. We are in the

connectivity and security concerns that we 1,30,000 books and bound volumes of process of replacing the old desktop

have been facing, some basic facilities journals. computers with new ones and planning to which are essentially required for teaching

shift the computer lab to the first floor with and research could not be provided to E-journals : 15,000

all new systems.library users as planned earlier. This is now E-standards : 60,000

E-books : 50,000 being considered by the library as a matter Books (reference, general) : 88,730 of top priority. A new library management Text Book Bank : 18,806 software has been installed which has been Our alumni have always come forward to

serving us well. As soon as a proposed support the library since the very SC/ST Book Bank : 8,740public IP is allocated to the library server’s beginning. Soon after I began my career in Bound volume of periodicals : 17,738web OPAC, mobile access, SMS alert andThesis : 269 this library in 2005, the US alumni

Compact discs : 654 association members donated several Wi-Fi

enabled desktop computers to the library, Additionally, some of the basic facilities that

which earned us the distinction of being the are being provided include internet access

first library to start Wi-Fi facility in the faci l i t y, d ig i ta l l i b ra r y access ,

university. In 2007, the 1976 batch photocopying service, computer print-out

donated a collection of 600 titles of facility, reference service, Document

reference books, text books and general e-mail alert services will be provided to Delivery Service and plagiarism check books for starting a text book reading library users. The much-awaited Institutional facility. Under the User Awareness section. Currently, the alumni have taken up Digital Repository (IDR) is now functional. program, the library has recently organized a grand project for the development of a Various important documents like Ph.D. an Author workshop and training program state-of-the-art sustainable green building -theses, MTech dissertations, faculty and on Grammarly and Turnitin software. “Shatabdi Granthagar”, costing approx students’ research articles, Institute Lecture 150 crore INR. Recently, an announcement series, convocation video, etc. are being of raise in alumni funds has been made, uploaded on the Repository for open details of which are available in the Alumni access to all. The software - Grammarly and

The construction of the first floor of the Newsletter.Turnitin have now been made available for

library building is now almost complete all users, which will improve the research

and is expected to be open for students by quality and publication of articles of the

March 2017. A sitting area, which can Institute. Very soon a discovery service, a The library is working remarkably towards

accommodate more than 400 people, has single platform from where all the resources providing comprehensive and high-quality been created for reading purposes and will of the library will be accessible along with library resources and services which will remain open 24x7. This will be well provisions for remote access, will be cater to the academic needs of faculty and equipped with personal reading materials provided to library users. students. The primary goal is to fulfill the and furnished with a Seminar Hall cum User As far as the digitization of the old valuable Institute’s mission of achieving excellence in Awareness Program Hall for arranging collections is concerned, the library is education and participating in the Author workshops and training programs. continuing to work towards identifying the advancement of knowledge through The major problem of lack of adequate collections which do not fall under research and technological advancement. reading space is expected to be solved copyright category and can be digitized. A The ultimate vision of the library is to once the first floor is completed. Besides, separate proposal, ‘Digitization of old become a strategic asset for the Institute an Amul Stall is going to come up very soon collections’ is being made for which the and to be able to provide outstanding in the library premises. library is applying for a separate grant to collections and services for better learning

the MHRD. We have also planned to and research.

In Talks : Deputy LibrarianDr. Navin Upadhyay : Deputy Librarian, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, talks about the facilities and

initiatives, and on the expansion work that is currently underway.

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Office of Dean, R&DAdvanced Research Centre for Iron and

Steel (ARCIS)

TEACHING-LEARNING CELL (TLC),

IIT(BHU)

A new unit, “Teaching-Learning Cell” added in TLC recently to deal with the (TLC), was initiated by the Institute on social issues of day to day life through

(Dr. R. Manna, Coordinator) December 5th, 2013 to strengthen the education.

teaching environment of the Institute by The Ministry of Steel, Government of A. Special Programs organizedorganizing several programs to enhance India has created an ‘Advanced i. 15th IIRS outreach program: Basics teaching-learning processes at IIT (BHU) Research Centre for I ron and of Remote Sensing, GIS & GNSS" Varanasi. It covers all aspects of S t e e l ’ (ARC IS ) f rom t he S t ee l (August 10th, 2015 to November teaching, pedagogy, laboratory Development Fund (SDF) in the Institute. 27th, 2015).projects, assessment & Information & The ARCIS is created in the Department ii. 1-Day ‘Brain-storming Workshop on Communication Technology (ICT) of Metallurgical Engineering of the Teaching Pedagogy’ (October 10, concerning areas of course delivery Institute, and a part of the building of the 2015). structure. It also involves running Faculty Department has been renovated for the iii. Two days ‘Short Term Course on Development Programmes (FDP), Centre. State-of-art equipment will be Research Methods & Ski l l ’ facilitating the National program on procured and installed in the ARCIS. The (December 04 to 05, 2015). Quality Enhancement in Engineering Centre will cater to the needs of iron and iv. Two days ‘Workshop on Doing Education (QEEE) to run live lectures, live steel education and research with the MOOCs with MOOKIT’ (December tutorials, live laboratories, MOOCs help of colleagues from the Department 22 to 23, 2015). (Open Courseware) and Bridge and the Institute. The long term objectives v. G IAN Course on ‘Vo lume Courses, and furthering the Moodle of the ARCIS are to foster teaching and Averaging Method for Upscaling in initiative in the Institute.advanced research in emerging areas of Porous Media’ (January 05 to 16, A Project titled “Pandit Madan Mohan iron and steel technologies. The goals 2016). Malaviya National Mission on Teachers include (i) creation of well qualified vi. 16th IIRS Advance course on and Teaching (PMMMNMTT)” has been manpower with advanced skill sets in the ‘Geospatial Technologies for Urban sanctioned to IIT (BHU) by the MHRD, areas of raw material processing, Planning’ (February 11, 2016 to Govt. of India, to build a Teaching modeling of direct reduction processes March 15, 2016). Learning Centre (Technical) which is as well as thermomechanical processing vii. 3 days’ workshop on making of human centric with many components as of steels and (ii) development of solar cookers (July 3-5, 2016).shown in the figure. knowledge base that can be adopted by viii. Five days’ National workshop on

the steel industry with potential of FDP - 2016, 12-16 Dec, 2016. scaling-ups. ix. Three days Harmony workshop

2016, 28-30 Dec, 2016. The ARCIS will also work with industry with the aim that some of the research

“Under the PMMMNMTT scheme, a 5-findings are utilized by industry to storeyed TLC building is proposed to improve the quality of existing come up soon. We aim to have good products/processes and to develop new infrastructure within 20 years and products. It has already initiated a envision an era where new teaching dialogue process in this regard. The methods l ike active learning, Centre recently organized ARCIS –Steel cooperative learning and distant I ndus t r i e s Mee t 2016 whe re

The center is expected to develop learning will be incorporated. Mass representatives of major steel producers teaching methodologies responsive to learning is expected to be in vogue in participated and discussed their the needs of the learners in both local the foreseeable future, and we are expectations from the Centre, and many and global context in a world class working to make our mark in the field. showed interest to collaborate in the educational system and the diversified We have also been involved in a lot of areas of their interests which fall in line knowledge requirements of the training programmes for teachers of with our objectives. In future, the ARCIS contemporary society. Teachers can also technical institutes and engineering will collaborate with industries for mutual use ICT resources so as to facilitate active colleges ranging from Eastern U.P. to benefit.

& participatory learning for students and Bihar and West Bengal.to link it with their learning outcomes. Prof. S. KumarA new Harmony cell has also been

(Prof. S. Kumar, Coordinator, TLC)

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M a lav iya C h a i r fo r Ra i lway

Technology

Quality Improvement Programme

and Development of Light Weight major centres have been assigned the Passenger Coaches Supported with Smart responsibility of training teachers to pursue System” was held on September 06, 2016. their M.Tech and PhD degrees. We provide (Prof. R K Mandal, Coordinator)

This had been organized to promote them with the opportunity to complete these This chair has been established by the

Institute-Industry interaction in presence of courses in any of the renowned colleges in Ministry of Railways, Government of India

representatives from RDSO, Lucknow. A India, during which they receive salaries on June 08, 2015 to have collaboration

concept note based on the discussions has and scholarships. Another of our with our Institute in the area of Materials

been prepared and circulated for responsibilties is to organise short-term Science and Engineering. Some of the

necessary action for taking up this project courses at the QIP Centres for serving areas where our expertise has been sought

by various industrial houses and academic teachers in various emerging areas of pertain to Physical Metallurgy, Mechanical

institutions. technology and research. Under this, metallurgy; development of new alloys and

This Chair is expected to provide stimulus courses are allowed to be organised for a new generation of materials for future

for the creation of a research center to meet period of 20 weeks in any of the above needs. The activities of the Chair are

the entire corpus of engineering needs of mentioned major centres. We have been reviewed from time to time by a Chair Core

the Railways. allotted 20 courses through this initiative Committee headed by Secretary, Railway

and we are conducting them on a full-Board. RDSO, Lucknow is the active

fledged basis.(Prof. B. K. Shrivastava, Coordinator)collaborator from the Railways. The Chair Accordingly, the Department of Mining

is also expected to support the visit of The objective of the QIP is to upgrade the Engineering, Department of Ceramic experts and extend help in the expertise and capabilities of faculty Engineering, School of Bio-Medical organization of conference/workshop/ members of the AICTE approved degree- Engineering and Depar tment of seminar relevant to materials research. level engineering institutions, National Mathematics and Computing have Some of the recent activities undertaken by Institutes of Technology (NITs) and undertaken courses of one-week duration the chair are mentioned below: National Institutes of Technical Teachers’ each. These courses are currently being

Training and Research (NITTTRs) of the (1) Two research projects are nearing their organised and teachers are allowed to country. There are nine major centres under successful completion. They refer to (a) come from various places and allowances this program. Until last year, there were Development of Light Weight FRP runner for such as TA, DA are paid to them along with eight major QIP centres, viz. IIT Bombay, blower fan assembly of Roof Mounted lodging facilities and some other minor IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Package Unit (RMPU) fitted in AC coaches expenditure. Therefore, they get to interact Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT Guwahati and and (b) Development of long life Nylon with the faculty at IITs and also get IISc Bangalore. In the current academic bushes for Alternator with suitable material acquainted with the advanced courses and year, we were also brought under this composition to avoid failure of bushes. thereby enhance their skills and

umbrella as a major centre. Apart from knowledge. (2) A Brain Storming Session on “Design these, there are several minor centres. The

Course

Design of Microwave Antennas and Passive Components

Tissue Engineering

Advanced Numerical and Analytical Methods for Engineers and Scientists

Advanced Topics in Robust and Non-Linear Control

Geometrical and Mathematical Crystallography with Applications to Structural Studies

Advanced Functional Materials and Devices

Steel Technology for Railways and Defence

Advanced Technologies of Project Management(ATPM-2017)

Concepts on Process Engineering in BioTechnology

Additive Manufacturing: Theory and Practice

STC on Fuzzy Logic and Applications

Materials Technology: Fundamentals and Recent Advances

Recent Advances in Casting and Welding

Department

Department of ElectronicsEngineering

School of Bio-MedicalEngineering

Department of MathematicalSciences

Department of ElectricalEngineering

School of Material Scienceand Technology

Department of CeramicEngineering

Department of MetallurgicalEngineering

Department of MiningEngineering

School of Bio-ChemicalEngineering

Department of MechanicalEngineering

Department of MathematicalSciences

Department of MechanicalEngineering

Department of MechanicalEngineering

Course Coordinator

Dr. M.K. Meshram

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Mahto

Dr. Rajesh Kr. Pandey and Prof. I.P. Singh

Dr. Sandeep Ghosh

Dr. Chandan Upadhyay

Prof. Devendra Kumar

Dr. R. Manna

Dr. S. Gupta

Dr. Abha Mishra andProf. Pradeep Shrivastava

Prof. Satosh Kumar

Prof. T. Som

Prof. A. Harsha

Prof. S.P. Tiwari

Date

Dec 19-24, 2016

January 9-14, 2017

January 12-18, 2017

Feb 14-20, 2017

Feb 14-20, 2017

March 2-9, 2017

March 2-9, 2017

March 2-9, 2017

March 16-22, 2017

March 16-22, 2017

March 20-26, 2017

March 23-29, 2017

March 23-29, 2017

List of courses organised/planned by QIP

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The Design Innovation Centre (DIC) is a joint project of the Banaras Hindu

DIC BHU and IIT University (BHU) and IIT (BHU) Varanasi, (BHU), along with its funded by Department of Higher SPOKES, run more Education, MHRD, and Government of than forty different India.projects related to The basic objective of the Design A g r i c u l t u r e , Innovation Centre is to provide a platform Environment, Art, and necessary framework to students and Culture, Science, faculty members to convert their innovative So c ia l S c i e n c e, ideas into viable design models and T e c h n o l o g y , working prototypes.Nanotechnology and Setting up of the BHU - IIT (BHU) Design other similar areas of Innovation Centre is expected to promote a a c a d e m i a a n d culture of innovation and creative problem society. DIC BHU has solving, knowledge sharing and e s t a b l i s h e d a collaboration with industry, academia, Graphic and Digital government Inst i tut ions, research Media Lab wi th laboratories, etc., and to encourage high ly equipped interdisciplinary research and creativity computers and other focussed on design.technical equipment. It has also Besides the above said parameters, DIC inquisitive innovators and students from established a Digital Innovation Gallery for will also work for its sustainability, and Banaras Hindu University Campus have demonstration of innovative projects in a enable coordination for Intellectual been taking part in successive sessions of digital format for researchers and students. Property Rights (IPR) works, and facilitate Design Friday. The DIC has conducted over DIC BHU has already run more than 5 Artisans and local entrepreneurs in Design 19 Design Fridays so far.

different programmes to raise awareness of and Innovation.the culture of design among students and is The DIC is planned with multidisciplinary Design Innovation Centre organized a a l so schedu l ed to o rgan i se a approach, and will be focusing mainly on National Seminar cum Workshop Diploma/Certificate course in Design and the following key areas of social and KALAKSHAR 2015 between 9th and 11th Innovation soon. The Centre is equipped national importance :Agriculture, Art & October 2015, at the Faculty of Visual with modern technologies like a 3D Printer Culture, Energy, Environment, Language Arts, BHU. 125 participants from different and Scanner.and Computing, Science and Technology. Art colleges of India took part and worked

Role of BHU in HUB position : BHU under the guidance of several professors in will be taking care of the multidimensional the premises of Vishwanath Temple, Assi Design & Innovation projects and courses A 15-day Summer Workshop was held Ghat and the Faculty of Visual Arts.

in the areas of Agriculture, Food between 15th and 30th June 2016, for the Processing, Art & Culture, Health, current students of BHU. The workshop was

Design Innovation Centre partially Humanities, Branding for Artisans - for practical works and experiences, based sponsored KALA MELA 2016. It was Handicrafts (Aesthetics, Ethics, Values, on ‘Innovation and Environment, organized between 7th and 10th April, Print Media, Web and management Psychology behind Innovation Mind, 2016 in the Faculty of Visual Arts, Bararas support). Android application Development, Hindu University, Varanasi. More than 500 Role of IIT (BHU) in HUB position : IIT Creativity and Innovation, Social participants put in their efforts to make the (BHU) will specifically be taking care of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Rural Mela successful.Technological and Engineering aspects development & Innovation etc.’ mentored

related to design and innovation projects by Academic and Professional Innovators and course, and further, will be involved in and Experts. Fifty students participated in Sketch-O-Banaras was star ted in prototyping and final development of the the Summer Workshop. September 2016, and is open for anyone

projects. willing to present their innovative ideas

through Sketches. The DIC welcomes Design Innovation Centre has been

innovators and viewers to visit the Centre Indian Institute of Information conducting DESIGN FRIDAY on every with their Sketched Ideas at DIC Lab’s Technology, (IIIT) Allahabad. working Friday since June 2016. Design Sketch-O-Banaras Corner. Followers can Motilal Nehru National Institute of Friday is a platform for presentation of also present and upload their Sketched Technology, (MNNIT), Allahabad. ideas, discussion of creative solutions and Ideas on the Facebook page of Sketch-O-University of Allahabad, Allahabad exchanging ideas. More than 40

Banaras.

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heterocyclic moiety as potential anti-Akansha Dwived i ( Ce ram ic Sha i l endra Kumar Shuk la inflammatory and analgesic agents” in Engineering) was awarded the “Early (Mechanical Engineering) was appointed “Pharma Middle East - 2015” held from Career Award” by Science and as the Pro Vice-Chancellor of Ranchi 02nd - 04th, November 2015 at Dubai, Engineering Research Board (SERB). University till 10th August 2016.

UAE."Santanu Das (Ceramic Engineering) Debash is Khan (Mechan ica l

Sanjay Singh (Pharmaceutics) was was recognized as the “Country’s Most Engineering) was a Visiting Researcher at appointed as Member of the Scientific Accomplished Professional” and his the Zernike Institute of Advanced Materials, Body of the Indian Pharmacopoial biography was enlisted in the Who's Who University of Groningen, The Netherlands Commission appointed by the Ministry of in America 2016. His PhD Thesis is between August and October, 2016.

Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India. amongst the top 10 most Accessed Jahar Sarkar (Mechanical Engineering) He also served as a member of the ICMR Dissertations on ProQuest’s amongst over was appointed as an editorial Board Project Screening Committee2.5 million theses. Member of the International Journal of

Prabhakar Singh (Physics) has been Hiralal Pramanik (Chemica l Applied Engineering Research.

selected under the Short Term Mobility Engineering) was awarded the Best Paper N.K. Mukhopadhyay (Metallurgical programme by Council of National Award at CHEMCON 2016 held at Anna Engineering) was awarded the G D. Birla Research (CNR), Institute for Energetics University, Chennai during 27-30, Gold Medal-2016 Award at the National and Interfaces (IENI), Genova, Italy.December 2016 in two categories: Metallurgists' Day (NMD) function to be

Membrane Technology and Petroleum The Department of Physics organized held in IIT Kanpur on November 14, Safety. Ishan Vikas programme, a comprehensive 2016..

programme to introduce school children MA Quraishi (Chemistry) was appointed Suresh Kumar Sharma (Mining from the North-Eastern states to institutes of as a member, editorial board of the Engineering) was awarded the Senior higher education in India. Dr. Debaprasad International Journal of Corrosion and Professional Engineer Award.

Giri was the coordinator for the same.Scale Inhibition, USSR and the Journal of M S Muthu (Pharmaceutics) was Steel Structure and Construction, USA. MA appointed as the Editor-in-Chief for The R a j e s h Ku m a r ( M e c h a n i c a l Quraishi was also awarded the Prolific J o u rna l o f P ha rmaco l ogy a nd Engineering) published a book on Researcher Global rank 2 and Indian rank Toxicological Studies, USA for the period of “Modelling of Chemical Wear – Relevance 1 in the field of corrosion inhibition science 2016-2017. He also received the to Practice” (Elsevier).and technology on the basis of H Index and International Faculty Award (VIFA-2016) citations on publications.

from Venus International Foundation, Krishna Kant Pathak (Civi l Chennai, India and the Best Young Engineering) was Selected as a Fellow and Scientist Award (2016) from the Pearl Chartered Engineer, Institution of Educational Foundation, Madurai, India.

Engineers (India), Kolkata. Brahmeshwar Mishra M.Thottappan (Electronics Engineering) was awarded the Distinguished Professor has been awarded UK Commonwealth Award 2017, by Computer Society of India Professional Fellowship 2016 for 5 months (CSI) Mumbai Chapter, at CSI TechNext from March to July 2017 at Faculty of India-2017 at IIT, Bombay, the “Pharma Science and Technology, Lancaster Ratan Award 2016” by Rab Di Meher University, United Kingdom. (NGO), New Delhi and also the Life Time

Manoj Kumar Meshram (Electronics Achievement Award during the Aufau

Engineering) was awarded the INSA-DFG International Awards 2016 organized by

Fellowship-2017: Germany for 3 months Chemical Science Review and Letters.

under the International Collaboration Sushant Kumar Shrivastava Program 2017 (Pharmaceutics) was awarded the

Satyabrata Jit (Electronics Engineering) Illustrious Aluminous Award from “Dr. H.S. Front cover of the book published by Prof. Rajesh Kumarwas appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Department of

Material Science Research India Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sagar (M.P.).

Best Poster Award for the presentation Kishor Sarawadekar (Electronics entitled “Synthesis, evaluation and docking Engineering) was awarded Visvesvaraya studies of some novel 1,2,4-triazine Young Faculty Research Fellowship for the derivatives bearing five member period of May 2016 to April 2018.

(Pharmaceutics)

Faculty Achievements17

Ashish Kumar Singh (Biochemical Engineering)

Akansha Dwivedi (Ceramic Engineering)

Santanu Das (Ceramic Engineering)

JP Chakraborty (Chemical Engineering)

Jeyakumar Kandasamy (Chemistry)

MA Quraishi (Chemistry)

Sundaram Singh (Chemistry)

Ankit Gupta (Civil Engineering)

Krishna Kant Pathak (Civil Engineering)

K K Shukla(Computer Science & Engineering)

Rajeev Srivastava (Computer Science & Engineering)

Anil Kumar Singh (Computer Science & Engineering)

M.Thottappan (Electronics Engineering)

Manoj Kumar Meshram (Electronics Engineering)

Satyabrata Jit (Electronics Engineering)

• Invited Talk during 25-26 Feb, 2016 at SHIATS, Allahabad.

• Invited Talk at Annual meeting of American Ceramic Society in Materials Science and Technology (MS&T-16) Salt Lake City Utah. USA

• Invited Keynote address at UK-India Workshop on Integrated Renewables for Autonomous Power Supply and Fuel Generation, August 1st-2nd, 2016 at Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, UK

th th • Two Invited talks on 26 and 27 October 2016 at the Department of Physics and Astrophysics , University of Delhi for the “Refresher Course in Physics” organized by The Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education (CPDHE), UGC-HRDC.

• Invited as a Chair person and delivered a Keynote Lecture at National Seminar on Instrumentation and Characterization Techniques at Banasthali University Banasthali, Rajasthan.

• Invited Talk at Auburn University, Alabama, USA on 30th June, 2016

• Invited Talk at 1st International Bio-Molecular Systems conference held at Harnack-Haus, Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin-Dahlemm, Germany during November 11-13, 2016.

th th• Invited Talk on Recent Innovations in Organic Synthesis -2016 (RIOS-2016)” during 15 and 16 December 2016, Periyar University, Salam, Tamil Nadu.

• Invited talk delivered at International conference on recent advances in science and applied sciences at Lovely University Punjab, Nov 2016.

• Invited Talk at first International conference on pharmaceutical chemistry, 5-7 September, 2016 at Frankfurt, Germany

th• Invited Talk at Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College (JNGEC) Sundernagar, Himachal Pradesh on 19 August 2016 on the topic "Highway Geometric Design and Road Safety".

• Invited Speaker in Seminar on "Urban Transport Corridors" at Visakhapatnam (AP) on 21-22 Oct 2016 by International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE).

• Invited Talk on Topic: Applications of Modelling and simulations in design and manufacturing Date: 02/09/2016, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur

• Keynote address at ICCIDM 2016 held at KIIT University on 9-10 December, 2016.• Keynote address in the International Workshop on Computational Intelligence and Application held at South Asian University, New Delhi on 23-25

May, 2016.

• Keynote address on topic "Selected research topics in image processing, computer vision, and pattern classification: A machine learning perspective" at IEEE International Advanced Computing Conference (IACC-2017) at VNR VJIET, Hyderabad on 07.01.2017.

• Invited talk on Issues in Annotation of Language Resources, April, 2016, MGAHV, Wardha• Invited talk on Using the Sanchay Annotation Interface for Indian Languages, April 2016, Goa University, Goa

• Invited Talk on "Advances in RF Interaction Circuits for High Power Gyrotron Traveling Wave Amplifiers" at Venus International Research Foundation, Chennai on 03/12/2016

• Delivered invited talks on the topic ""Microstrip Antennas"" on 6 January 2017 at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad during Refreshers Course on "Recent Trends on Microwave Devices and Antennas”, 26 Dec 2016 to 15 Jan 2017:

• Delivered invited Talk on December 09, 2016 at the International Conference on Allied Electrical and Communication Systems (ICAECS-2017) organized by the Vignan University, Guntur, A.P.

• Delivered invited Talk on November 30, 2016 in the UGC-Sponsored Refresher Course on “VLSI Design and Nanotechnology: Issues and Challenges” organized by the Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

• Delivered invited Talk on July 29, 2016 in the workshop ""Emerging areas of Electronics and Communication Engineering"" organized by the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

• Invited Talks delivered on July 11, 2016 in the Faculty Development Program on Integrated Circuits: Design and Applications organized by the United Institute of Technology, Allahabad during July 11-15, 2016.

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Kishor Sarawadekar (Electronics Engineering)

Prasanta Kumar Panda (Humanistic Studies)

Tanmoy Som (Mathematics and Computing)

Shailendra Kumar Shukla (Mechanical Engineering)

Santosh Kumar (Mechanical Engineering)

Rashmi Rekha Sahoo (Mechanical Engineering)

Rajiv Kumar Mandal (Metallurgical Engineering)

Kausik Chattopadhyay (Metallurgical Engineering)

Girija Shankar Mahobia (Metallurgical Engineering)

N.K. Mukhopadhyay (Metallurgical Engineering)

Rajesh Rai (Mining Engineering)

Suresh Kumar Sharma (Mining Engineering)

Brahmeshwar Mishra (Pharmaceutics)

Senthil Raja A (Pharmaceutics)

Sanjay Singh (Pharmaceutics)

Abhishek Kumar Srivastava (Physics)

R. Manna (Metallurgical Engineering)

• Invited expert (for four days) in National level two weeks STTP on ""Recent Trends in VLSI and Embedded Systems"", MITCOE, Pune, Maharashtra• Invited expert (for four days) in the workshop on "Smart Embedded VLSI System and Hands on Training", Shivaji University, Kolhapur,

Maharashtra

• Delivered an invited lecture on: “The Condition of Literature Studies in a World Conditioned by Theories: Perceptions and Perspectives” in the Dept. of English, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur.

• Invited Talk on “Fuzzy Informative Evidence Theory and Application in Project Selection Problem” at the World Conference on Soft Computing (WConSC-2016), held at University of California, Berkeley (USA) during May 22-25, 2016.

• Invited as chief guest for STC on Alternate Energy at NIT Goa on December 05, 2016• Delivered Lecture on Solar Thermal Energy storage during December 06,2016 at NIT Goa

• Invited Talk on ‘Additive Manufacturing & Applications’ March 13, 2016 at MMMTU, Gorakhpur (UP)

• Invited Talk at Ashoka Institute, Varanasi, Nov-2016

• Keynote address in an International Conference on Nanomaterials, Department of Chemistry (BHU), December 2016

• Invited Talk in Prof. K.K. Ray symposium in ‘The 4th International Conference for Advanced Materials and Materials Processing' (ICAMMP-IV) during 5th to 7th Nov 2016 held in IIT Kharagpur

• Invited Talk on 'Metallurgy in Welding' at Indian Railway Welding Research Institute (IRWRI) - DLW Varanasi on 17.1.2017

• Invited Lecture in International Conference on Metals and Materials Research (ICMR 2016), IISc, Bangalore, June 20-22, 2016.• Invited Lectures: Two lectures in Workshop on Materials Characterization: Principles and Practices, IIEST, Shibpur July 25-August 5, 2016.• Invited Lecture in NMD-ATM 2016 of Indian Institute of Metals at IIT Kanpur (November 11-14, 2016).

• Invited Talk on Delivered an invited lecture on “Dump Slope stability”, in Dec. 10, 2016, in Krishnshila Project NCL, Singrauli.

• Delivered lecture at the Executive Training and Development Programmeduring Dec. 27-29, 2016, organized by the International Center of Excellence in Mining Safety and Automation (iCEM), Ahmedabad.

• Invited talks on 5th January, 2017 and on 21st September, 2016 at Faculty of Ayurveda, IMS, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.• Invited talk during 76th orientation course at UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Banaras Hindu University, 15th November – 12th

December, 2016, Varanasi.

• Invited Talk during a National Seminar held on 05 November 2016 at Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Cochin, Kerala.

• Invited Talk on “Pharmacy: Education and Scope” at Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Research (IPSR), Lucknow, U.P. India.• Invited Talk on “Nanotechnology for Efficient Utilization of Herbal Drugs” in National seminar on “Recent Advances and Scope in Herbal

Technology: Challenges and Prospects – 2016 organized by Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assam University, Silchar, India.

• Invited talk on “Observations of Fast Sausage Waves in Solar Magnetic Structures and Diagnostics Capabilities”, in IBUKS-2016, 13-17 June 2016, at KU Leuven, Belgium.

• “On the Estimation of Streamer's Magnetic Field in the Outer Corona by Observed Kink Wave”, 25 November 2016, Sheffield University, United-Kingdom."

• Conducted a mini Workshop on Spin-orbit interaction and related phenomena at Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany

• “Development of Ultra High Strength Steel Processed by Severe Plastic Deformation Methods”, in NCETFF-2016, Nov 25-26, 2016, at NIFFT, Ranchi

• Delivered Keynote talk on “Effect of Flash Annealing on Ultrafine-Grained Low Carbon Steel” along with Raj Bahadur Singh, N. K. Mukhopadhyay, G. V. S. Sastry and R. Manna at the 4th International Conference on Thermo-mechanical Simulation and Processing of Steels (SimPro’16), February 10 - 12, 2016, RDCIS at SAIL, Ranchi.

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The Govt. of India approved a new program titled

in Higher Education aimed at tapping the talent pool of scient i s t s and ent repreneurs, internationally to encourage their engagement with the institutes of Higher Education in India so as to augment the country's existing academic resources, accelerate the pace of quality reform, and elevate India's scientific and technological capacity to global excellence.

A GIAN Course was organised at the A GIAN workshop was held from 19th Department of Physics, titled from t o o n

from Prof. Anil Kumar Dr. Agrawal, Head, Depar tment of

A.K. Srivastava of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Professor-In- The course coordinator and Physics was local course coordinator for charge of Training & Placement Cell at IIT host faculty was the same, which drew 30 participants. The (BHU), Varanasi was the host faculty A total expert International faculty member for the member.of 43 participants consisting of young occasion was Prof. Robertus von Fay- The main aim of the programme was to faculty, post-doctoral fellows, PhD students Siebenburgen. understand project failures measured in and also senior B.Tech/MTech students

terms of unwarranted heavy cost, attended the workshop.Solar & Space Plasma research dcals with inconvenience to public, opportunity of As per the GIAN framework, the majority the heating processes that generate and deriving benefits from an early project of lectures were delivered by the renowned sustain the observed high temperature of completion, and having an edge over International expert of this area, Prof. the solar and stellar atmospheres which others particularly from the projects of Sanjay Mathur, Director, Institute of have so far defied a quantitative strategic importance.Inorganic Chemistry, University of understanding despite the multitude of The resource faculty member for the Cologne, Germany. This course focused on efforts spanning over half a century.

occasion was Dr. Manu K. Vora, Chairman the inherent relationship between synthetic Prof. Robertus von Fay-Siebenburgen (a.k.a and President of Business Excellence Inc. and material chemistry, and demonstrated Robertus Erdelyi, as publishing) is working (USA), and Adjunct Professor at the School how chemically processed nanoparticles, as a professor and head of Solar Physics of Professional Studies, Northwestern nanowires and films of different metal and Space Plasma Research Centre in University, Evanston, IL, USA. He received oxides open up new vistas of material School of Mathematics and Statistics, his B. Tech. (Honors) from IIT (BHU), properties, which can be transformed into University of Sheffield, UK. He is also the Varanasi, India in Chemical Engineering advanced material technologies. The Director of Debrecen Observatory in (1968). He completed his M.S. and Ph.D. lectures were conducted in a highly Hungary. Prof. Erdelyi is one of the world from the Illinois Institute of Technology, interactive manner. Besides this, each day leaders in the field of solar & space plasma Chicago (USA), and MBA in Marketing of the workshop ended with a question- research with an outstanding track record Management from the Keller Graduate answer session between the faculty and of publications in peer-reviewed journals. School of Management, DeVry University, participants. On the penultimate day, Prof. He has been a part of similar programmes Chicago, IL (USA). With over 41 years of Mathur also delivered a lecture on the at Nanjing University, China, University of leadership experience, he has assisted “Business of Chemical Nanotechnologies” Balears, Mallorca, Spain, IAC, Tenerife, Fortune 500 companies with Baldrige which enlightened the participants on Spain, to name a few. In China, he Performance Excellence framework commercial opportunities. Since this was a contributed significantly to a new solar implementation. one-credit (or 14 lecture) course, a written mission where he is now the Chief Scientific Prof. A. K. Agarwal, with over 35 years of exam was also conducted on the last Advisor. He is also a scientific advisor in teaching experience, has Quality Control, session of the workshop. Furthermore, on various Indian national projects, e.g., Six Sigma, Operations Management, the request of the participants, he also NLST, MAST etc, and therefore, has a Supply Chain Management, Optimization delivered a talk on internship, doctoral and significant role in Indian Solar Physics. and Industrial Engineering among his post-doctoral opportunities in Germany. Solar Physics and Space Physics Research fields of interest and expertise.The workshop concluded with a Group (SP2RG) member Dr. A.K. The course coordinator was Dr. Prabhas valedictory session, which saw active Srivastava has been, for a long time, Bha rdwa j , Associa te P ro fe s so r, feedback from a large number of collaborating with Prof R. Erdelyi. Therefore Mechanical Engineering Department, participants.

the proposed teaching collaboration will IIT(BHU), Varanasi.The Department of Mechanical also support and strengthen cutting-edge Engineering organized a two week GIAN research in the field of Solar and Space course on a subject titled Plasma Physics.

Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN)

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“Advanced Excellence" 22nd August to 2nd 23 r d D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 6Fluid Dynamics and Applications” September, 2016.“Nanochemistry: From Preorganized September 12 to September 22, 2016. Molecular Architectures to Functional

Materials”.Dr. Indrajit Sinha,

Department of Chemistry, IIT(BHU).

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IMPRINT is a first of its kind MHRD-supported Pan-IIT and IISc joint initiative to address the major science and engineering challenges that India must address and champion to enable, empower and embolden the nation for inclusive growth and self-reliance. This novel initiative with twofold mandate is aimed at:(a) Developing new engineering education policy(b) Creating a road map to pursue engineering challenges

IMPRINT provides the overarching vision that guides research into areas that are predominantly socially relevant. The following research proposals at IIT (BHU) have been accepted under the IMPRINT scheme.

Propagation & Mitigation Model of Mixed Road Traffic Noise for Planning of Mid-sized India Cities by Dr.Brind KumarDevelopment of high strength ceramic magnet for rotating machine applications by Dr.Pradip Kumar RoyAnalytical Modeling, Design, PIC simulation and Development of Gigawatt range of pulse HPM Oscillator-Reltron by Prof. P.K. Jain

Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi (21.04.16)M/s Clean Max Enviro Energy Solution Pvt. Ltd. (SECI) Solar Energy Corporation of India (04.07.2016)

Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei, Taiwan (21.04.2016)University of Wollongon, NSW, Australia (UOW) (02.06.2016)Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP), Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Irkutsk, Russia (13.08.2016)Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Institute (MPIKG) Potsdam, Germany (17.08.2016)

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IMPRINT

MOUs

Patents FiledTitle Inventor’s Name Department

Advanced Electrode materials for Superior Psuedocapacitors and Reversible Alkali-ion (Li+ /Na+) Batteries

Dr. Preetam Singh, Prof. Rajiv Prakash Ceramic Engg/ SMST

New Thermal Insulting Material Developed Using Biomass forfurnace and Structural Purpose

Dr. Manas Ranjan Majhi, SK Saddam Hossain, Aman Bhardwaj

Ceramic Engg.

Topical Composition for treatment of Burns with EnhancedPenetration and method of Formulating The Same

A.K. Srivastava, Aparajita Dutta, Gyanendra Singh

Pharmaceutics

A method for controlled Biodegradation of biopolymer usingInorganic Salt and product thereof.

Prof. Pralay Maity, Mr. Arpan Biswas SMST

Composition and process of developing a new building bricks usingdemilotion waste, Industrial waste, Agriculture waste for applicationin construction purpose.

Dr. Manas Ranjan Majhi, SK Saddam Hossain, Aman Bhardwaj

Ceramic Engg.

Process of synthesis of Cerium (IV) pyrophosphate (doped andundoped) with sheet/ honeycomb structure.

Dr. Bhupendra Singh Ceramic Engg.

Pyrophosphate - carbonate composite Ionic Conductors andProcess of producing the same.

Dr. Bhupendra Singh Ceramic Engg.

Eco friendly maintenance of desktop computers in computer labs of institutions.

Dr. C. Ravindranath Chowdary Computer Science & Engineering

A process to produce high energy Sr based permanent magnetfor rotating machine application

Dr. P.K. Roy, Ms. Deepshikha Shekhawat Ceramic Engg.

A method to enhance piezoelectric and strains properties of leadfree (Ba,Ca Sr ) (Ti Zr ) O ceramics0.02 x 1-y y 3

Dr. P.K. Roy Ceramic Engg.

Radially coupled cavity high pulse power microwave oscillatorof gigawatt range for long repetitive pulse operation.

Mr. Manpuran Mahto, Prof. P.K. Jain Electronics Engg

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Title of Project PI(s)/Co-PI(s) FundingAgency

Duration ofProject

Prof. Pralay Maiti SERB 3 Years

DRDL, CARSHyderabad

2 Years

D.R.D.O., CARS,Jodhpur

18 months

DST, New Delhi 3 year

Natreon Inc.,U.S.A.

2 years

2 YearsSERB

3 Years

3 Years

SERB

SERB

1 YearsDISTOPharmaceutics

3 YearsDST,New Delhi

3 YearsSERB,New Delhi

SERB,New Delhi

DAE,Mumbai

3 Years

3 Years

Development of a Rubber based sheet Hydroforming setup

Prof. Santosh Kumar

Studies on Improvements in Stiffness ofAluminum Alloy Fibres

Dr. Rampada Manna/Dr. K. Chattopadhyay

Metallurical Engg.

Photolabile Protected Monosaccharides:Syntehsis and Application to OligosaccharidesSynthesis Using a Continuous flow

Dr. JeyakumarKandasamy

Evaluation of some compounds inexperimental Alzherimer Disease

Dr. SairamKrishnamurthy

Design Investigations of High PowerMM Wave W Band Gyratron

Prof. P.K. Jain/Dr. M. Thottappan

Development of high Thorough put Processing route for CIGS PV absorber films by spraypyrolysis of Pre-synthesised Nanoparticle Ink

Dr. M.I. Ahmand/ Dr. S. Das

Development of low voltage, low power,colloidal quantum dot light-emitting transistors for next generation display technology

Dr. Bhola Nath Pal/Prof. P. Maiti

Pharmacological Effect of novel formulation in experimental allergic encephalomyelitisrodent model

Dr. SairamKrishnamurthy

Fabrication of low-cost High-through out FlowCytometer using tunable nanolenses.

Dr. Ankur Verma

Numerical methods for integral equations and differential equations by using Wavelets andoperational matrix

Dr. Vineet KumarSingh

Seamless synthesis of large area 2D transitionmetal di chlcogenide semiconductors andtheir applications in nextgene ration high-performance optoelectronic devices

Dr. Santanu Das/ Dr. BholaNath Pal

Mechanical

Chemistry

Pharmaceutics

Electronics

Ceramic

SMST

Pharmaceutics

ChemicalEngg.

MathematicalSciences

MathematicalSciences

CeramicEngineering

Department

SMST

Development of solution methods for Abel’sintegral equations and generalized Abel’sintegral equation

Dr. Rajesh Pandey

Polymeric Nanobiohybrids for TissueEngineering and Drug Delivery

List of Sponsored Projectsstarted during 2016-17

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FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

Faculty Non-Faculty

Faculty

Faculty

Retirements Appointments

(Since May 2016)

Expired

Resignations

10. Shri P.K. Mukherjee (Associate Professor) Electronics Engineering-

1. Prof. S. P. Singh (Professor) - 30.11.2016

Electronics Engineering - 31.01.2016 Security Officer (Group-A) - Shri Shashank 2. Prof. A.K. Aggarwal (Professor) -

Shekhar Prasad SinghComputer Science - 31.03.2016

1. Prof. O.P. S ingh (Professor) Assistant Engineer (Civil) - Shri Atul Kumar 3. Shri Amar Nath (Associate Professor)

Mathematical Science - 14.01.2016SinghCeramic Engineering - 30.06.2016

2. Prof. Ranjana Ghose (Professor) 4. Prof. K.K. Srivastava (Professor) Assistant Engineer (Electrical) - Shri Prem Chemistry - 25.07.2016

Chemical Engineering - 30.06.2016 Chandra Mishra5. Dr. Gopal Sharma(Associa te

Professor) Electrical Engineering - Junior Engineer (Civil) - Shri Shitala Prasad1. Dr. Vikas Kumar (Associate Professor) 30.06.2016

Department of Pharmaceutics - Assistant Security Officer-6. Prof. R.R. Das (Professor) Electronics 26.09.2016 a. Sri Sanjay Kumar SharmaEngineering - 30.06.2016

2. Dr. Somdeb Bose Dasgupta b. Sri Amar Nath Yadav7. Prof. M.A. Qurashi (Professor)(Associate Professor) School of c. Sri Abhishek Kumar SinghChemistry - 30.06.2016

B i o m e d i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g - 8. Prof. D.N. Vishwakarma (Professor) Junior Translator (Hindi) - Shri Shashank 17.10.2016

Electrical Engineering - 31.08.2016 Pathak9. Prof. A.K. Ray (Professor) Biomedical

Engineering - 30.11.2016

S. No. Name of Faculty Member Designation Department Appointment Date

1 Dr. Mohd. Imteyaz Ahmad Assistant Professor Ceramic Engineering 01.02.2016

2 Dr. Gyan Prakash Modi Assistant Professor Pharmaceutics 04.02.2016

3 Dr. Joysurya Basu Associate Professor Metallurgy Engineering 04.02.2016

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Dr. Sukomal Pal Assistant Professor Computer Science and Engineering 24.02.2016

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Dr. Santanu Das Assistant Professor Ceramic Engineering 02.03.2016

6 Prof. Krishna Kant Pathak Professor Civil Engineering 06.04.2016

7 Dr. Om Prakash Singh Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering 11.07.2016

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Dr. Shyam Kamal Assistant Professor (contract) Electrical Engineering 01.08.2016

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Dr. Sandip Ghosh Assistant Professor Electrical Engineering 02.08.2016

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Dr. Vishal Mishra Assistant Professor Bio-chemical Engineering 15.09.2016

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Dr. Ashish Kumar Mishra Assistant Professor SMST 01.10.2016

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Dr. Ashish Kumar Singh Assistant Professor Bio-chemical Engineering 04.10.2016

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Dr. Sanjay Kumar Assistant Professor Bio-chemical Engineering 05.10.2016

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Dr. Debdas Ghosh

Dr. Amitesh Kumar

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Mathematical Science

Mechanical Engineering

08.10.2016

15.12.2016

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Dr. Sunil Kumar

Dr. Sanjay Kumar

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor (contract)

Mathematical Science

SMST

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19.12.2016

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Dr. Shrawan Kumar

Dr. Somak Bhattacharyya

SMST

Electronics Engineering

16.11.2016

16.11.2016

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IIT BHU is committed to being a leading Institutions from 42 countries. Inter-research institution. Since January, 2016 nationally, collaborative research is over 788 Papers have been published. performed with top Institutions and

research centers including University of Ottawa (Canada), Texas A & M University and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Published in over 130 Journals Administration(US), Korea Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea), Swinburne University of Technology (Australia), Nanjing University (China).

Research performed in collaboration Besides sister IIT's and other top

with over 40 countries universities, IIT (BHU) collaborates with

leading national research centers such as Journal of Alloys and Compounds the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Central Drug Research Institute, Indian Chemistry Maritime University, International Centre Applied Physics Letters for Agricultural Research and the Indira ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research.

Frontiers in MicrobiologyScriptaMaterialia Article (69.3%)Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference Paper (19.3%)Reviews Article in Press (7.5%)RSC Advances Review (2.7%)IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices Book Chapter (0.5%)Optics Letters Letter (0.3%)

Note (0.3%)IIT BHU has published in collaboration with Erratum (0.1%)over 157 Educational and Research

Total Papers Published since January 2016 : 788

Research performed in collaboration with over 157 Educational and Research Institutions

Top Journals

Documents by type

Collaborations

Publications“We don’t write because we want to, we write because we have to”-

Somerset Maugham, noted English novelist.

Student AchievementsGourav Modanwal (Research Scholar, Mechanical Engineering will represent used by farmers in different areas.Electronics Engineering) was honored by India in the Finals of Global Student the Hon’ble President of India as a part of Challenge to be held in March in Zwolle, Jaseel Muhammed Keloth, from the School “In -Resident Programme” held in Netherlands. of Biomedical Engineering, was a recipient

Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, June 18- of the Khorana Scholarship, 2016.A team comprising undergraduates 24, 2016. He was also selected among Pratyush Chowdhury, Dhruv Chawla and Abhimanyu Soni, Ayushi Bansal, Yash

India's Top 51 Innovator and Entrepreneur Debjyoti Biswas won Hult Prize India Finals Jain, Mehak Goyal, Himanshu Gupta, at 8th India Innovation Initiative National and will compete at the world regional Mohammed Fadil, Meenal Baheti, Ketan Fair 2016 by Confederation of Indian finals in Dubai, in March 2017. Ganne, Abhinav Dangi, Manuj Singh, Juhi

Industry (CII) in partnership with DST and Singh, Ishita Vyas, Yash Mittal, Arpit Piyoosh Sharma, a Research Scholar from AICTE, Government of India.

Bhardwaj, Kazim Abbas and Vikram the Department of Pharmaceutics was A team of Naman Singhal, Shubham Kumar have been selected for DAAD-WISE awarded "Young Scientist Award" in the Jaiswal, Rishabh Babeley, Devendra Scholarship 2017.newer areas of ''Drug Chemistry'' from

Gupta, Jagjeet Shyamkunwar were Department of Health Research, Ministry of Shashwat Sinha from the School of MST winners of Ericsson Innovation Awards Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi won the 2nd prize in overall student paper

2016 and Finalists of Gitex Technology presentations held at the International Sumit Swarnamaya from the Department of Week (Student Lab Competition), Dubai, Conference on Ceramics, Glass and Mining was awarded 1 lakh rupees under (October 2016)

Refractories: Emerging Innovations "Odisha Youth Inovation Fund Scheme" for A team of 4 students -- Archit Agarwal, (2016).having developed a machine/prototype Saurabh Chopra and Vishnu Pandeyand for the farmer of India known as improved Avnish Kumar Ravi of the Department of parbolic unit. This machine is also being

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Documents by subject area

STUDENT PARLIAMENTUshering in a new epoch for the Institute of making necessary amendments in the Technology (BHU), the long awaited Students’ Constitution and evaluating the This committee deals with organizing conversion to an Indian Institute of various committees on their performance interactive sessions with the visiting Alumni Technology in 2012 brought with it the regularly. for current students, as well as Alumni Talks

great belief of making an already and Mentorship Programs for the students.

prestigious institution on par with the top- This committee deals with matters related to notch universities of not only our country the various festivals organized in the but all across the globe. Being mirrors to institute including room allotment and The committee solves issues put forward by the society in one of the fastest growing appointment of Convenors. students and redirects them to respective

economies of the world, the need to committees whenever required. replicate democratic principles was

It is responsible for calling any emergency Multiple resolutions have also been passed evident. The approval for student meetings of the Parliament as and when the by the second Parliament to support student empowerment began in the academic hour demands. activities in the institute. With this in mind, session of 2014-15 and culminated with

the motion to establish a PR Cell was the election of the 1st Students’ Parliament passed and a proposal to set up the same in Jan 2015. It was done in accordance It appoints members to the Parliament as has been tabled. Recently, via the with the Students’ Constitution that came the previous session members graduate.

Parliament, a fifth Council has been into effect following approval from the founded under the IIT Gymkhana - the Senate, under the patronage of our Council for Social Services. The post Hon’ble Director, Prof. Rajeev Sangal.

It deals with matters related to the bearers for the new Council have been The 1st term of the Students’ Parliament, functioning of hostels such as managing appointed and it shall serve a full-fledged spanning one and a half years, laid the mess payments, as well as coordinating body from this session. For the current f o u n d a t i o n f o r s t ro n g s t u d en t with other committees to ensure welfare of academic session, the total Gymkhana representation at all levels. Not only does the resident students. budget, including the plan and non-plan

the Parliament discuss issues affecting funds, is Rs. 1.18 Cr, which has been

students’ lives, it includes various appropriately distributed to all student It oversees the safety arrangements of the committees, representing different aspects activity bodies. campus at all times such as installation of of students’ lives, which stitch together to

CCTV cameras, street lights as well as ensure its smooth working. increasing the guard count. It acts as the The several standing committees of the student interface for the Institute Proctorial

I think the Students’ Parliament is a good Students’ Parliament are headed by their Board. beginning. We have been able to firmly respective Convenors. The various activities

establish it as an integral component of of the clubs in the Institute which are a part Some of the tasks performed by this student life here. Of course when the first of the Students’ Gymkhana are committee include ensuring a smooth session of the Parliament came up, there coordinated by appointing various placement session and representing the were huge expectations that it would General Secretaries and Secretaries students in the Training and Placement change the institution radically, but it through a voting process involving the Cell. didn’t happen because after all, the respective club members. They form the

institute is run by administrators. But executive wing of the Parliament.students started contributing fresh ideas The various committees of the Parliament Members of this committee are responsible which are helping us achieve the greater include: for looking after the websites of

goals. The Students’ Parliament has Gymkhana, festivals and student related raised quite a few issues and brought activities as well as maintaining them with This committee is responsible for ensuring them to the a t tent ion of the the appropriate information. Besides, the financial transparency of the Gymkhana as administration. Parliamentarians have committee also resolves any Internet well as allocating the Gymkhana funds to highlighted activities and initiatives connectivity issues in the college.different councils and the festivals. It also

which have crossed their deadlines and maintains accountability and creates

helped accelerate their implementation reserves for the future committees to come. by the relevant authorities in the Institute.

It is involved with matters pertaining to the course curriculum, semester exchange, It is responsible for keeping the functioning credit transfer as well as issues affecting of the parliament smooth and consistent, Ph.D students.

Alumni Relations Committee

Festivals Committee

Grievance Redressal and Enquiries

Committee

Emergency Committee

Nominations Committee

Hostel Affairs and General Welfare

Committee

Security Committee

DoSA (Prof.Ashim K. Mukherjee)

Training & Placement Committee

Web Management Committee

Finance Committee

U G a nd P G Ac ade m ic A f fa i rs

Committees

Parliamentary Affairs Committee

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Cultural Council

Science & Technology CouncilEvents OrganisedCompetitions

Events organized

Competitions

The dance group DFZ of dance club stood first at THOMOSO, IIT Roorkee. They also secured the third position at the Inter-IIT Cultural Meet, 2016.

Saurabh Mishra and Faraz Nomani secured the first position in solo and classical solo singing competitions respectively, in Oasis, held at BITS Pilani.

The team of Yatharth Dahiya, Ved Vineet, Vaibhav Kumar Dixit secured second position in the TV Quiz at Antaragni, IIT Garg, Chandana Royunder under one Kanpur. roof, with discussions on current social-

political issues. Kavi Sammelan featured Abhinav Dasiga stood third in English stalwarts like Sunil Jogi Rupesh Saxena Poetry Slam at the Inter-IIT Cultural Meet, and Sikha Mishra. These events and 2016. In the same Meet, the street play workshops earned the LIT FEST special performed by Masquerades (Theatre Club) recognition from the Prime Minister’s was highly appreciated.Office.

The 5th edition of IITBHU MODEL UNITED NATIONS, which was held in September position at the on-site finals of GS Quantify 2016, witnessed participation of 450+ 2016, held at Bangalore.

delegates, with participants coming from Yash Mehrotra bagged first position in

around 40 colleges across the country. Tesco Technology Codeathon 2016 out of The group 'Nakshatra Gurukul' from 500+ coders across India.

Bhubaneshwar showcased Gotipua - The team of Mayank Panchal, Rishabh

Odissi folk dance organized in association Agarwal, Rishabh Sinha and Prakhar

with SPIC MACAY (Society for Promotion of Gupta from Club of Programmers bagged Indian Classical Music and Culture third position in Generex – an Application Amongst Youth. Development Contest, at Techfest 2016

held at IIT Bombay. The teams of Divyam To provide the first platform for freshers to Goyal, Prateek Thakur, Aman Soni, Om showcase their talent, AGAMAN, a week-Kumar Sahoo, Nitin Gera and Arpit long event consisting of inter-branch Chaudhary from Club of Programmers competitions, was held.

grabbed all three podium places in Quantum Code at the fest.

The CULTURAL WEEKEND was held with The Project of Abhishek Singh and Ayush 8 teams from Aero-Modelling Club (2 an aim of engaging the entire college Kumar Goyal on “Arduino and GSM Based teams from first year) stood among top 30 fraternity, under which some exhilarating Automatic Energy Meter Reading System” teams winning 5000 rupees each in the events were organized in different fields. won 12th position out of 40+ teams in biggest RC plane event of India organized Notable mentions include STRING`S EVE TECHNICHE`16, the annual technical fest by Boeing.–an evening of full of musical performances of IIT GHUWATI. In the same fest, the idea

held at Limbdi corner, a performance by of “A better platform for e-Education” by The team of Sampriti Mitra and The Western Music Club during the Vaishnav S Menon and Aviral Jethalia Shreemoyee Sarkar finished among the top ACOUSTIC NIGHT, and a fine arts secured the 6th position.6 teams in “Hack in Heels” organized by

extravaganza open to the entire university. Walmart Labs at Bangalore in December, A captivating event was the BANARAS LIT 2016. Suraj Kumar and Chandan Kumar of Aero-

FEST which brought together speakers and Modelling Club conducted a glider-The team of Nitin Gera, Om Kumar Sahoo panelists like Aseem Chhabra, Piyush Jha, making workshop with the support of and Adarsh Kumar bagged the first Kulpreet Yadav, Sanil Sachar, Sachin Technical and Rural Outreach Club for

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students of seven backward districts of At the Inter-IIT Sports Meet ’16, held at IIT both UG and PG level. The tournament Bihar and West Bengal in Kishanganj, Kanpur, the Volleyball team won the silver witnessed participation of 50 girls in Bihar. medal while the Cricket and Football teams various sports such as badminton,

secured the bronze medals. Neha Gupta volleyball, chess, carom, table tennis, The Technical and Rural Outreach Club got a silver medal in the 50m breaststroke football and basketballsuccessfully organized a Road Safety

aquatics. Anant Kumar Singh got a bronze Campaign under the patronage of Ministry Intra freshers, a sporting tournament for medal in the javelin throw competition. G of Road Transport and Highways which boys, had 800 participants across Abhishek Ganesh was declared the witnessed massive participation from the disciplines.

second best Player of the Tournament.students who came up with various Spardha ‘16, the annual sports and games

sustainable solutions in the form of models At the Inter Faculty Meet in BHU, the festival of IIT (BHU) Varanasi, was to solve the road safety crisis. aquatics team won the gold medal in both organized (covered in article)

the 50m medley and freestyle. Individually, The members of Green Club organized a Yugaraj secured a gold and a silver, Neha Paper over Plastic Campaign in which Gupta got two silver medals, while more than 2000 paper bags were made

Suraj Panigrahi and Rajasvi Vinayak Vaibhav Dixit got a bronze medal. The by the students which were then distributed Sharma won 2nd and 3rd place Basketball team won gold, the football to different shops in BHU.

respectively in Design Competition at the team won silver, while the Table Tennis The Club of Economics and Finance Inter-IIT Cultural Meet, 2016.team got the bronze medal.

o rg a n ize d t h e b i g g e s t s o c i a l At District Level contest, the Badminton entrepreneurship event – Hult Prize@ BHU team won Gold in doubles. In the Open in association with MCIIE.

Boxing Championship, Vipin Bihari, Science and Technology Council

Sambhav Jain and Vivek Bangar all got successfully completed the chapter of the

bronze medals while Raman Kumar won first ever edition of Sci-League – a semester

gold. In weightlifting, Parash Sonawal long celebration of the technical prowess of

secured the bronze medal and won the our students. It comprised eight major

gold medal in powerlifting along with Sonu events, three quizzes, three case studies,

Meena, while Pawan Kumar secured a two guest talks and thirty workshops

bronze medal. spanning the whole odd semester.

Ashok Meena, Bipin Bihari and Raman A plantation campaign was organised by

Kumar all won bronze medals in their the Green Club in three hostels of IIT (BHU)

respective weight categories at the Rural on the occasion of the second anniversary

Games International Championship, of Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan, in

2016. association with the Green Cell. The event The Institute football teams won both gold was attended by our Hon’ble Director, Prof. and silver in the DLW Five-a-Side Football Rajeev Sangal.

Tournament. They also qualified for the FMC Weekend ’16 , the annual festival of Super league.the Council, was held over 30th September

In the Taekwondo Nationals at Kolkata, – 2nd October and drew footfall of over Ritu Mishra got a gold medal while Pawan 2500 students, with participants from Kumar, Aryan Chaudhary won silver and across North India and 5 other IITs. It Vikrant Singh Mahawar, Gaurav Kumar, included 18 creative events in five Kanmani R won bronze medals. categories, film festival nights, Creative

Guest Talks by eminent personalities from In National Kabaddi Tournament, the both sides of the border, a professional kabaddi team secured the bronze medal. Travel Photography Workshop, and an Shiva Nayak was declared the Player of NGO Fair.the Tournament.

The council launched FMC TV, a social-I n t h e N a t i o n a l T a e k w o n d o media based video channel with weekly Championship, Nisha Meena, Kanmani R, web-episodes covering major events of the Vikrant Singh Mahawar won gold medals, Institute. Over 19 episodes have been Orish Jindal, Nikhilesh Johari, Naresh released so far with more than 90,000

Kumar won silver medals while bronze overall views.went to Shikhar Kant Sharma, Saumya

Girls’ Weekend, an Inter branch Sports Soni, Neesha Meena, Saumya Soni and tournament was organized for freshers at Nikhilesh Johari in different categories.

FILM AND MEDIA COUNCILAchievements

Events organisedGAMES AND SPORTS COUNCILAchievements

EVENTS ORGANISED

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The institute hosted the 33th edition of Spardha, all-India games and sports festival during October 21-23, 2016. Over time, Spardha has grown to become one of the largest sports extravaganzas of India, where athletic competition is drawn from throughout the country and the level of toil, preparations and perseverance that goes into it inevitably makes it one of the most awaited events for all the participants.An elaborate programme at the famed Limbdi Corner of the institute, complete with a photo exhibition and other activities, marked the unveiling of the fest. The annual musical night, Saturnalia, organised by the organising team in September, set the mood. A Mashal Handover ceremony was organised on 14th October 2016, which was attended by Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik. It marked the initiation of Spardha ‘16. The opening ceremony was held on 21st October.The Chief Guest for this event was Mr. Varun Singh Bhati. He is a successful Paralympian, and the winner of the bronze medal in Rio Olympics 2016. At the young age of 21, he bagged the Gold in 2014 China Open Championship, and has also won laurels for his country at several other international events. Noted female netball player Prachi Tehlan graced the occasion as the Guest of Honour. As former captain of the Indian Netball team, Ms.Tehlan has been a dynamic personality under whose captaincy India won her first medal in the 2010 South Asian Beach Games. Both the dignitaries seem to be living examples of the motto of Spardha - Believe, Struggle, Achieve. The guests were welcomed by a live band performance by the 38 GTC (Gorkha Training Center).During the event, the ceremonial torch was passed on to the Chief Guest and Guest of Honour. The honourable Director, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, Prof. Rajeev Sangal, addressed the participants. He said that sports guide an individual in dealing with success and failure. It teaches people that rules are definite and cannot be bent or broken. Prachi Tehlan inspired the audience with her views on success. She emphasized that success comes from hard work, opportunities and willpower.Spardha ’16 included 19 games and sporting events in total, along with informal

SPARDHA’16

Sport Winners (Boys) Winners(Girls)

Kabbadi CIMAGE, Patna Govt. Women Engineering College, AjmerKho Kho IIT Bombay Govt. Women Engineering College, AjmerCarrom Babu Banarasi Das University, Lko. NIT TrichySquash IIT Kanpur ---Tae-Kwon-Do IIT BHU IIT RoorkeeHandball IIT BHU ---Athletics MNNIT Allahabad IIT RoorkeeChess NIT Trichy NIT TrichyTennis NIT Trichy Shiv Nadar UniversityBadminton IIT Delhi Shiv Nadar UniversityCricket IIT BHU ---Table Tennis NIT Trichy IIIT DelhiBasketball IIT BHU Mody Institute of Technology and ScienceVolleyball IIT BHU IIT KanpurFootball Shiv Nadar University ---Hockey IIT Kanpur ---Weightlifting IIT Kharagpur ---Powerlifting NIT Trichy ---Boxing IIT BHU ---

games and adventure activities. A total of 1300+ participants from all over India participated in Spardha’16. The participants showed unparalleled zeal and enthusiasm in sporting events in the fields

"Spardha '16 was a great success! This year we tried to introduce some new things to the festival, like the Mashal handover ceremony by Ms. Sakshi Malik; a live military band performance; adventure activities like Hot air ballooning, parasailing & zorbing; and video messages from sports legends like Milkha Singh. It was for the first time that 8 IITs came to participate outside of the Inter IIT Sports Meet. I feel honored to be part of a great Sporting event."

of Athletic, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Carrom, Cricket, Football, Handball, Hockey, Kabaddi, Kho-kho, Powerlifting, Weightlifting, Squash, TableTennis, Tae-Kwon-Do, Tennis, Volleyball and Lan Gaming. The hostel road, near Rajputana Ground, wore a colourful look with floating

Satish Kumar : Convener, Spardha 16

umbrellas suspended over the street.

On 23 October, Spardha ‘16 wrapped up with the closing ceremony that took place in the Gymkhana grounds. The Guests of Honour for the ceremony were Mr. Balbir Singh and Mr. Dhanraj Pillay. Mr. Balbir Singh was a member of three Olympic gold winning Indian hockey teams. In 1957 he became the first Indian to be awarded the Padma Shri in the sports category. Mr. Dhanraj Pillay has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri. An ace field hockey player, he was awarded Player of the Tournament in the Champions Trophy held in Germany in 2002. Both the guests of honour addressed the budding sportsmen and encouraged them never to feel let down upon losing. The true spirit of sportsmanship lies in accepting victory and defeat gracefully. Thus, Spardha 2016 ended on a positive note with the hosts promising to present a bigger and even better version of the event next year.

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